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Gorazdevac: A new series of livestock theft (Kossev)

During the last night, two vehicles and livestock were stolen in Serbian households in Gorazdevac. According to Radio Gorazdevac a van was stolen from Misko Jovanovic, and Branko Stevanovic's vehicle has disappeared from the backyard.

On the same night, from the stables of the Portic family, a cow with calf was stolen. These events disturbed the local population, Radio Gorazdevac reported.

Thefts were reported to the police that started the investigation.

“It is shame to use commemoration for political promotion” (RTV KIM, Radio Gorazdevac)

Spasoje Dakic, close relative to the murdered Pantelija Dakic, stated on Sunday, following the commemoration of the murdered Serb youth at the River Bistrica 14 years ago, it is regretful that politicians come to the commemoration in Gorazdevac just to be photographed.

Spasoje said to the journalists that no one comes to visit families of murdered and injured Serb youngsters. To at least ask them how they are doing, Spasoje said.

Serb children and teens gunned down in Kosovo remembered (B92, Serbian media)

True reconciliation and a future in the European family can happen only when killers and criminals are no longer celebrated as "national heroes" in Kosovo, Serbian media reported.

First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said this on Sunday, during the marking of the anniversary of the 2003 crime committed in the enclave of Gorazdevac in Kosovo, when a group of Serb children and teenagers spending the summer day at the Bistrica River was gunned down by as yet unknown perpetrators using automatic rifles.

Vehicle of Post of Serbia damaged in the incident near Peja/Pec (Kontakt plus radio)

A vehicle of the Post of Serbia was hit by an unknown object this morning in the village of Cuska, near Pec/Peja, reports radio Gorazdevac.

The vehicle was damaged and postal workers are not injured.

Workers of Serbia's Post have confirmed to Radio Gorazdevac that the incident occurred when the vehicle was in motion. An object was thrown which hit the windshield of car. The vehicle was transporting shipment for Gorazdevac.

Petrovic: To increase engagement of the police in Serbian areas (RTK2, Blic)

Deputy President of the Assembly of Kosovo Slobodan Petrovic says that the incidents in Gorazdevac and Srbobran show that a greater involvement of the police is necessary in the Serbian areas.

Petrovic on Wednesday visited Gorazdevac with President of the Kosovo Parliament Kadri Veseli, and urged the competent authorities to urgently find and punish the perpetrators who fired shots in Gorazdevac and Srbobran.

Berlin condemns the attack on the largest Serb village in Metohija (Politika)

At the request of Politika to respond to Tuesday's attack in Gorazdevac, the German Foreign Ministry condemned the incident.

''Kosovo police has already launched an investigation. We call on the police authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice,'' said the German MFA.

As stated in the headquarters of German diplomacy, all ethnic communities must feel safe and secure throughout Kosovo.

HLC: To arrest the perpetrators and to provide appropriate reparation to Serbs in Gorazdevac (Kontakt plus radio)

Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) Kosovo strongly condemns the recent armed attack on the village of Gorazhdevc/Goraždevac in the municipality of Peja/Peć. HLC Kosovo recalls that, in the past, attacks against local Serbs in this region almost never led to appropriate police investigations. The recurrent failure to arrest perpetrators of these crimes creates a climate of insecurity for Serb citizens of this village and of Kosovo at large, and has a negative impact on the establishment of civic trust in Kosovo institutions.

Simic goes against Vucic, calls for local protection for Serbs (Klan Kosova)

Slavko Simic, leader of the Serbian List, paid a separate visit to the village of Gorazdevac on Monday and not as part of a delegation led by Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo. One day after the incident when shots were fired at several Serb houses and a monument was demolished, Simic is calling for a local solution in order to protect the village. The leader of the Serbian List is thus holding a position different from that of Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic. “I dont expect the international community to act on this.